downward

EtymologyEdit

down +‎ -ward

AdverbEdit

downward (comparative more downward, superlative most downward) (or downwards)

1. Toward a lower level, whether in physical space, in a hierarchy, or in amount or value.

   His position in society moved ever downward.

   • Drayton

     Their heads they downward bent.

   • Shakespeare

     A ring the county wears, / That downward hath descended in his house, / From son to son, some four or five descents.

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AdjectiveEdit

downward (comparative more downward, superlative most downward)

1. moving or sloping down

   He spoke with a downward glance.

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AnagramsEdit

• drawdown